Media Season 38 Posting Analysis

[BFew]

Probably won't be long before there is a parallel Grande Masters BF SFA comp for the over 55's.

 

[ClarkeM]

Those Damn Gifs

i must investigate what is ok to post and not.

Until then i will refrain from GIF posting i think

 

[Raz]

Probably won't be long before there is a parallel Grande Masters BF SFA comp for the over 55's.

sadly i was too young to ever see Dragon live.

late 70s was great music. wish it lasted alittle longer and still played when i was legal age

 

[BFew]

sadly i was too young to ever see Dragon live.

late 70s was great music. wish it lasted alittle longer and still played when i was legal age

Same here.

Saw heaps of iconic Aussie bands in the 80's, but like you was too young to see Dragon live, with Marc Hunter being sacked from Dragon in February 1979 due to his drug (including Heroin) and alcohol use, which was seriously affecting both his vocal performances and his general health.

 

[Raz]

Same here.

Saw heaps of iconic Aussie bands in the 80's, but like you was too young to see Dragon live, with Marc Hunter being sacked from Dragon in February 1979 due to his drug (including Heroin) and alcohol use, which was seriously affecting both his vocal performances and his general health.

First aussie band to see in the pub scene was Divinyls . brillaint show.

Yes so many great days back in Perth with so many pubs to visit on the weekend and catch some great acts.

 

[BFew]

First aussie band to see in the pub scene was Divinyls . brillaint show.

Yes so many great days back in Perth with so many pubs to visit on the weekend and catch some great acts.

Yes. The Perth live music scene was awesome in the early 80's. Lived it all!
So lucky to be from that gen in Perth.

 

[Raz]

Yes. The Perth live music scene was awesome in the early 80's. Lived it all!
So lucky to be from that gen in Perth.

What about these, did you ever catch them live

 

[BFew]

What about these, did you ever catch them live

If they ever played at the Albion Hotel (Cottesloe) or the UWA Tavern, I would likely have seen them.
The name is very familiar. 1983 to 1986 I read, my prime clubbing and pubbing years.
Probably saw them at least once somewhere in Perth back then.
Not sure I would have paid to see them twice.

 

[Raz]

If they ever played at the Albion Hotel (Cottesloe) or the UWA Tavern, I would likely have seen them.
The name is very familiar. 1983 to 1986 I read, my prime clubbing and pubbing years.
Probably saw them at least once somewhere in Perth back then.
Not sure I would have paid to see them twice.

Their stage presence was brilliant. and they always attracted lots of girls and of course that the main reason to go the pubs lol

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

The Old Boys have been a popular conversational topic in this thread but they boast a very strong posting line up. DemurePrincess and Pugsley are ranked one and two in club averages while active but it's Robertio who champs the whole season as the best poster from Spotswood. Braklet and Over The Post rounds out the top five posters.

There were just two posters that didn't participate in a match thread over the course of season 38.



Although there were some rookie problems in season 38 for the Old Boys, they put together a strong recruitment list with Dingster and Over The Post outputting strong numbers across the season. gab213 and Pugsley joined mid-season and added a combined average of 162.7 but didn't make up for the loss of DemurePrincess. Fleabane's departure was also a hit but overall it was another net gain for the Old Boys.

FreoGirl joined as a rookie and put out one big week before realising that the Spotswood Rookie Academy wasn't the place for her.



The split across the top posters and also the rest of the list were the best across the league. Robertio took out the highest posting distribution but one of the more interesting numbers in this was that there was still 15.8% left over for the rest of the list.



DemurePrincess' departure was probably the largest reason for the drop off of average posts a match thread but never the less there was a drop off from their season 37 numbers but overall still very strong compared to the rest of the league and numbers they put out in season 34 and season 36.



The overall numbers may have dropped off but there was a five season high in average posters in a match thread at 16.3 putting a stamp on a solid incline across the last three seasons. With more strong posters expected to be poached this may only go up from here.



There was an incline here as well but not quite a five season high but there being an average of just 3.6 posters below this 'active line' is still an impressive feat.



There were 10 posters that showed up for every single match this season but you could also add the likes of gab213 DemurePrincess and Pugsley if you count their 'Old Boys Active' weeks. Elton Johns Wig, thewizardmelon, and whatever @U2Tigers new username is are the only ones on this list that did not show in the top 10 old boys distribution.
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[TRUMAN#1]

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The Old Boys have been a popular conversational topic in this thread but they boast a very strong posting line up. DemurePrincess and Pugsley are ranked one and two in club averages while active but it's Robertio who champs the whole season as the best poster from Spotswood. Braklet and Over The Post rounds out the top five posters.

There were just two posters that didn't participate in a match thread over the course of season 38.

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Although there were some rookie problems in season 38 for the Old Boys, they put together a strong recruitment list with Dingster and Over The Post outputting strong numbers across the season. gab213 and Pugsley joined mid-season and added a combined average of 162.7 but didn't make up for the loss of DemurePrincess. Fleabane's departure was also a hit but overall it was another net gain for the Old Boys.

FreoGirl joined as a rookie and put out one big week before realising that the Spotswood Rookie Academy wasn't the place for her.

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The split across the top posters and also the rest of the list were the best across the league. Robertio took out the highest posting distribution but one of the more interesting numbers in this was that there was still 15.8% left over for the rest of the list.

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DemurePrincess' departure was probably the largest reason for the drop off of average posts a match thread but never the less there was a drop off from their season 37 numbers but overall still very strong compared to the rest of the league and numbers they put out in season 34 and season 36.

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The overall numbers may have dropped off but there was a five season high in average posters in a match thread at 16.3 putting a stamp on a solid incline across the last three seasons. With more strong posters expected to be poached this may only go up from here.

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There was an incline here as well but not quite a five season high but there being an average of just 3.6 posters below this 'active line' is still an impressive feat.

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There were 10 posters that showed up for every single match this season but you could also add the likes of gab213 DemurePrincess and Pugsley if you count their 'Old Boys Active' weeks. Elton Johns Wig, thewizardmelon, and whatever @U2Tigers new username is are the only ones on this list that did not show in the top 10 old boys distribution.
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It's TRUMAN#1 to you.

Please don't forget it.

 

[DemurePrincess]

It's TRUMAN#1 to you.

Please don't forget it.

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

It's TRUMAN#1 to you.

Please don't forget it.

sorry I don't recognise your name. Who are you again?

 

[Over The Post]

sorry I don't recognise your name. Who are you again?

 

[Over The Post]

Or it might be this guy Freddy, you'll have to ask Gough

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

On the surface it looked like a strong posting season for the Wonders as they had an average control of 52.81% on match threads across the season.

In their second season, BFew had a very strong posting season topping the Wonders by the numbers with Pamcake1 down on their form last season but still with an impressive 3rd rank. Sitting in between them was ClarkeM who did what Bonz couldn't do and keep a consistent 69 posts per week. AnUltimateRessie and HARPSichord rounded out their top five.



It was another transitional year for the Wonders with seven departing players headlined by the unfortunate passing of the much loved Horry. SM 's departure also impacted the numbers.

The highest incoming posts per week came from rookie Giant YoYo with late comer Roonescape also making a dent in the numbers for an overall gain of 19.1.



A large majority of the Wonders posting came from inside their top 10 with the rest of the list making up 5.2% with DenieD, dogs105, Cubs2Lions, and BallaratBulldog all contributing under that.



Overall, season 38's average posting numbers in match threads remained steady on season 37 but has some work to do to return to season 36 numbers.



Again, Season 38 remained steady with a slight decline on season 37.



This is the concerning part of the Wonders overview with a sharp decline from not only season 37's active poster numbers but also a large drop off from the overall average unique posters number.



8 posters showed up to every Wonders match in season 38 with BigChippa52 the only one that sits outside of their top 10 posting distribution.​

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

There seems to be a common theme of numbers falling off this season! whatever will we do?

 

[BFew]

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On the surface it looked like a strong posting season for the Wonders as they had an average control of 52.81% on match threads across the season.

In their second season, BFew had a very strong posting season topping the Wonders by the numbers with Pamcake1 down on their form last season but still with an impressive 3rd rank. Sitting in between them was ClarkeM who did what Bonz couldn't do and keep a consistent 69 posts per week. AnUltimateRessie and HARPSichord rounded out their top five.

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It was another transitional year for the Wonders with seven departing players headlined by the unfortunate passing of the much loved Horry. SM 's departure also impacted the numbers.

The highest incoming posts per week came from rookie Giant YoYo with late comer Roonescape also making a dent in the numbers for an overall gain of 19.1.

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A large majority of the Wonders posting came from inside their top 10 with the rest of the list making up 5.2% with DenieD, dogs105, Cubs2Lions, and BallaratBulldog all contributing under that.

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Overall, season 38's average posting numbers in match threads remained steady on season 37 but has some work to do to return to season 36 numbers.

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Again, Season 38 remained steady with a slight decline on season 37.

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This is the concerning part of the Wonders overview with a sharp decline from not only season 37's active poster numbers but also a large drop off from the overall average unique posters number.

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8 posters showed up to every Wonders match in season 38 with BigChippa52 the only one that sits outside of their top 10 posting distribution.​

Love your bars, pies and tables Ressie.
Even assigned me my favourite colour (sky blue).

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

Love your bars, pies and tables Ressie.
Even assigned me my favourite colour (sky blue).

nice posting, BFew. I would say you posted B a Lot !

 

[BFew]

nice posting, BFew. I would say you posted B a Lot !

A Bfew more kicks, handballs, marks, tackles and goals next season would be great @SFASim

 

[Pamcake1]

The difference in the season for me was no Horrie to chat with, dogs hardly being around and no Cubs really about either.

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

The difference in the season for me was no Horrie to chat with, dogs hardly being around and no Cubs really about either.

the might of dogs105 in season 37 was something to awe about and I'll hope it wasn't just a one in 37 seasons event

 

[Kennedy Parker]

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Let's grab some data and compare it to seasons 34-current. If you want to do any comparisons before that head to a earlier edition.

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Firstly, let's have a look at total match thread posts. Some things to point out here - Season 34 had just 12 games per team and S36 had just 14 games per team. The rest, including season 38, had teams play 16 games therefore there was 24 more games in season 38 than season 34.

The numbers are pretty clear that there has been a significant drop off in match thread quantity since the start of the OOB's error. COVID may play a part in this though with people's average time online dropping significantly since as well.

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We can't blame COVID or the lack of for this one though. Across Season 34-37 the average unique posters showing up a week was fairly steady but has dropped off by about 20.3 this season.


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A similar trend can be also seen in active unique posters or those with more than 5 posts per week. It will be seriously dangerous for the league if these numbers start to drop below the 100 mark.

The above two graphs only include rounds with 6 games in it to stop the data from skewing.

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Some bright spark thought it was a good idea to introduce weeks with less than 6 games so it screws with the numbers a little bit but overall the seasons numbers keep dropping off the season goes longer but for whatever reason the final round in season 38 was one of the best final rounds in this data set.

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If you want any more comparisons or graphs, I'll try to tap some keys and get you something but next I'll start doing some team 'analysis' instead.​

These numbers aren’t actually fully reflective of how many active posters are in the league.

When you factor in that every round there is at least 1 out of 13 teams in the league with a bye and unable to participate. The actual pool of active posters between S34-37 would be somewhere between 190-200 and S38 to be 175-185 which is around the mark of S29-S31 which was considered a period of growth.

The SFA has always had ups and downs when it comes to recruitment but the bigger issue is that the current structure doesn’t even allow the existing pool of players to be fully utilised.

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

These numbers aren’t actually fully reflective of how many active posters are in the league.

No, but they are reflective of the trend of activity in the OOB error aka when that bye was introduced

When you factor in that every round there is at least 1 out of 13 teams in the league with a bye and unable to participate. The actual pool of active posters between S34-37 would be somewhere between 190-200 and S38 to be 175-185 which is around the mark of S29-S31 which was considered a period of growth.

but yeah, it's always going to be hard to compare numbers to the S29-S31 era, when the setup, and team count, was drastically different, including talent spread (well, not really a spread nowdays) and byes.

 

[dogs105]

There seems to be a common theme of numbers falling off this season! whatever will we do?

My idea is to post more next season